Texans to the rescue !!Heroes world has to thank THE 600 men of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division will go down in history as the men who nailed Saddam in Operation Red Dawn.
The 4th ID secured Saddam’s hiding place in one of two targets called Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2.
Members of Task Force 121 — made up of special forces agents — then went in to arrest Saddam as he emerged from his spider hole.
They had to be wary given the history of spider-holes in Vietnam.
They were widely used by the Viet Cong, who would hide down them before ambushing American patrols.
The 4th ID, based at Fort Hood, Texas, has been in Iraq since April patrolling around Tikrit.
The division, whose insignia is a green and gold ivy leaf above the motto “Steadfast and Loyal” are a heavy armour brigade backed by M1A2 Abrams Tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, 155mm howitzers and Apache attack helicopters.
